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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hey look at this

* NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It? https://www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-enron-so-what-is-it/

* How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/how-google-maps-quietly-allocates

* Who do they think you are? https://hidden-selves.wove.co/

* Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/ (h/t DSHR)

* Mobile Voting Project’s vote-by-smartphone has real security gaps https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/12/16/mobile-voting-projects-vote-by-smartphone-has-real-security-gaps/

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Mobile Voting Project's vote-by-smartphone has real security gaps - CITP Blog

Bradley Tusk has been pushing the concept of “vote by phone.”    Most recently his “Mobile Voting Foundation” put out a press release touting something called “VoteSecure”, claiming that “secure and verifiable mobile voting is within reach.”  Based on my analysis of VoteSecure, I can say that secure and verifiable mobile voting is NOT  within reach. […]
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#20yrago Sony DRM Debacle Roundup Part V https://memex.craphound.com/2005/12/16/sony-drm-debacle-roundup-part-v/

#15yrsago Weird D&D advice-column questions https://comicsalliance.com/weird-dd-questions-dungeons-dragons/

#10yrsago America’s permanent, ubiquitous tent-cities https://placesjournal.org/article/tent-city-america/

#10yrsago The changing world of webcomics business models https://web.archive.org/web/20151218130702/http://shadowbinders.com/webcomics-changing-business-model-podcast/

#10yrsago Cop who demanded photo of sexting-accused teen’s penis commits suicide https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/12/cop-who-wanted-to-take-pic-of-erection-in-sexting-case-commits-suicide/

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Ars Technica

Cop who wanted to photograph teen’s erection in sexting case commits suicide

Cop accused of unrelated pedophilia charges but lauded for his “contributions.”…
Shadowbinders

Webcomics’ Changing Business Model – The Shadowbinders Podcast Episode #28

Journalist Brady Dale from the New York Observer joins us this episode as we talk about the changing business model of webcomics. Are webcomics
Places Journal

Tent City, America

Tent cities are now so common that advocates are campaigning to make them semi-permanent settlements of micro-housing. But is this a genuine solution or a cheap fix?
ComicsAlliance

Help, My Half-Elf Is Pregnant! The 11 Strangest Questions From The D&D 'Sage Advice' Column

https://memex.craphound.com

Sony DRM Debacle Roundup Part V

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#20yrago Ten (sensible) startup rules https://web.archive.org/web/20060324072607/https://evhead.com/2005/11/ten-rules-for-web-startups.asp

#20yrsago Bosnian town unveils Bruce Lee statue of peace http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4474316.stm

#20yrsago Sony rootkit author asked for free code to lock up music https://web.archive.org/web/20051130023447/https://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.drm/msg/7cb5c4ad49fa206e

#20yrsago Singapore’s executioner gets fired http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4477012.stm

#20yrsago Pre-history of the Sony rootkit https://web.archive.org/web/20181126020952/https://community.osr.com/discussion/42117#T3

#15yrsago Support the magnetic ribbon industry ribbon! https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ecr1t/ill_see_your_empty_gesture_and_raise_you/

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Hey look at this

* The Case Against Generative AI https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

* Day 5: Another Bad Day for Google as the Spirit of De Tocqueville Looms https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/day-5-another-bad-day-for-google

* On Free Speech, Jacobin Has Always Been Consistent https://jacobin.com/2025/09/first-amendment-cancel-culture-kirk-kimmel/

* Landlords Demand Tenants’ Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs https://www.404media.co/landlords-demand-tenants-workplace-logins-to-scrape-their-paystubs/

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On Free Speech, Jacobin Has Always Been Consistent

In recent years, liberals, the Left, and the Right have all waffled on defending free speech when it doesn’t suit them. But not Jacobin. For 15 years, we have insisted that free speech is a basic democratic principle that must be defended.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

#20yrsago Four and Twenty Blackbirds: great goth scary novel discovered on LJ https://memex.craphound.com/2005/09/30/four-and-twenty-blackbirds-great-goth-scary-novel-discovered-on-lj/

#20yrago Last Unicorn author ripped off by filmmaker, struggling and penniless https://web.archive.org/web/20051201203719/http://www.conlanpress.com/youcanhelp/

#20yrsago Copyright scholars and publishers on crazy auctorial theories about books and tech https://web.archive.org/web/20060302133925/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/opinion/28oreilly.html?ex=1285560000&en=aa457b249728c229&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

#20yrsago Tim O’Reilly profiled by Steven Levy https://web.archive.org/web/20051013083044/https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly_pr.html

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https://memex.craphound.com

Four and Twenty Blackbirds: great goth scary novel discovered on LJ

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Hey look at this

* Flush door handles are the car industry’s latest safety problem https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09/flush-door-handles-are-the-car-industrys-latest-safety-problem/

* The Great Space Race(ism): How Science Fiction Predicted the Future--and How Afrofuturism Could Negate It https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3gv8r1r5 (h/t Samuel Delany)

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
#20yrago Themepunks (AKA Makers) serialized for next ten weeks on Salon https://web.archive.org/web/20050914060107/http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/09/12/themepunks_1/index_np.html

#10yrsago Data is a liability, not an asset https://web.archive.org/web/20150911201818/https://richie.fi/blog/data-is-a-liability.html

#10yrsago Missing from the computer science curriculum https://prog21.dadgum.com/210.html

#5yrsago Alexa for landlords https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/11/protocols-of-qanon/#landlord-alexa

#5yrsago Security Engineering, 3d edition https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/11/protocols-of-qanon/#security-engineering-v3

#5yrsago America's pandemic spiral https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/11/protocols-of-qanon/#doom-loops

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

A weekend's worth of links: Short hits for a long weekend.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115118376525001318

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Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

#20yrago 5.25″ floppies make great CD sleeves https://web.archive.org/web/20050924144644/http://www.readymademag.com/feature_18_monkey.php

#20yrsago Hollywood can break down any door in Delhi https://web.archive.org/web/20050903065949/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/003943.php

#20yrsago Side-band attack tips virtual Blackjack dealer’s hand https://web.archive.org/web/20051119111417/https://haacked.com/archive/2005/08/29/9748.aspx

#20yrsago Judge to RIAA: Keep your “conference center” out of my court https://web.archive.org/web/20051001031307/http://www.godwinslaw.org/weblog/archive/2005/08/29/runaround-suits

#15yrsago Which ebook sellers will allow publishers and writers to opt out of DRM? https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/44012-doctorow-s-first-law.html

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Hey look at this

* The Alternative https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-alternative (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Is Price Fixing Protected by the 1st Amendment? https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/is-price-fixing-protected-by-the-first-amendment.html

* FT Business Book of the Year https://www.ft.com/content/b64257f1-2949-42e9-85a1-a115bdfc7d11

* Google is killing the open web https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/ (h/t Mastodon Explore)

* How the Government Built the American Dream House https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-the-government-built-the-american-dream-house (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* Antitrust Liability Obligates Structural Change https://www.thesling.org/antitrust-liability-obligates-structural-change/

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago
#20yrago PC disguised as a set of encyclopedia volumes https://www.mini-itx.com/projects/encyclomedia/

#20yrago Nobel economist on harm lurking in copyright monopolies https://web.archive.org/web/20060217023906/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-8-2005_pg5_12

#15yrsago Heinlein biography: LEARNING CURVE – the secret history of science fiction https://memex.craphound.com/2010/08/16/heinlein-memoir-learning-curve-the-secret-history-of-science-fiction/

#10yrago LAPD & Chicago bought “Stingrays on steroids” with asset-forfeiture & DHS money https://revealnews.org/article/chicago-and-los-angeles-have-used-dirt-box-surveillance-for-a-decade/

#10yrsago NSA kremlinology: spooks outsourced lawbreaking to AT&;T https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/was-nsa-trying-outsource-responsibilty-its-fourth-amendment-violations

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Hey look at this

* How The Internet Died https://whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-internet-died

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Cory Doctorow
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

#20yrago PC disguised as a set of encyclopedia volumes https://www.mini-itx.com/projects/encyclomedia/

#20yrago Nobel economist on harm lurking in copyright monopolies https://web.archive.org/web/20060217023906/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-8-2005_pg5_12

#15yrsago Heinlein biography: LEARNING CURVE – the secret history of science fiction https://memex.craphound.com/2010/08/16/heinlein-memoir-learning-curve-the-secret-history-of-science-fiction/

#5yrsago Amazon bans podcasts that criticize Amazon #https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/combat-wheelchairs/#nondisparagement

#5yrsago Combat Wheelchairs https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/16/combat-wheelchairs/#combat-wheelchairs

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